Geoff Kimball
Senior Developer at HourStack
Pismo Beach, California, United States
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Top SchoolGeoff Kimball is a Senior Developer with 11 years of experience building thoughtful, user-focused JavaScript applications using React, React Native, Node.js, and TypeScript. He currently leads front-end efforts at HourStack, rebuilding the app with Next.js and mobx-state-tree, and has a strong track record shipping production mobile apps and design-driven interfaces. Earlier work at ZURB includes significant contributions to the popular Foundation frameworks—Foundation for Apps, Sites, and Emails—where he implemented core UI components and tooling that improved responsive and email workflows. Comfortable bridging design and engineering, he’s managed teams and technical strategy as a Technical Director while still digging into code and build systems. Based in Pismo Beach, Geoff balances a quiet lifestyle with a pragmatic focus on maintainable front-ends and developer-friendly build pipelines.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Telecommunications, 3.5, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Telecommunications, 3.5 at Ball State University
English
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Github Skills (27)
cheerio10
javascript10
handlebars10
ui-components10
foundation10
css10
sass10
gulp10
foundation-sites10
e-mail10
flexbox10
front-end-development10
email-templates10
html10
media-queries9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
foundation/inky
Jan 2016 - Mar 2018
Convert a simple HTML syntax into tables compatible with Foundation for Emails.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 releases, 150 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Geoff focused on implementing the core functionality of the `inky` project, converting HTML to email markup compatible with Foundation for Emails. They restructured the codebase by moving classes to their own files and creating a wrapper function for Gulp compatibility. The user also implemented a new syntax for buttons, block grids, and menus and updated the column syntax. They also refactored test files to better align with the project.
html-emailemailemailsnunjucksfoundation
zurb/foundation-apps
Aug 2014 - Dec 2015
The first front-end framework created for developing fully responsive web apps.
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 539 commits, 60 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Geoff primarily focused on developing UI components and features for the Foundation for Apps framework. Their contributions included the implementation and refactoring of off-canvas elements, panels, action sheets, menu bars, and button group styles, as well as styling adjustments for forms and other visual elements. They also integrated Iconic icons into various components and made modifications to the documentation, demonstrating a strong focus on the visual aspects and user experience.
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